Chapter 456: Counterproductive

Jiang Cheng, upon hearing these words, was simply torn between laughter and tears.

He gently pinched Su Manyao's cheek: "You're absolutely right; you really need to act a bit fiercer—only then will they truly fear you!"

But regarding your brother's matter, for now we still can't be too harsh in our demands.

Otherwise, it might ultimately backfire.

Okay.

Su Manyao listened to all of it.

He nodded slightly, his face earnest, saying: "I've firmly kept in mind everything you told me."

"Don't worry, I will definitely remember all of it."

"But my brother is such an idiot, I can't even be bothered to complain about him!" Su Manyao said she couldn't be bothered to complain, yet she couldn't help but harshly criticize him anyway.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Cheng at that moment was torn between laughter and tears.

In fact, the two of them didn't dwell on this matter for too long.

A short while later.

Because both had other things to attend to, they quickly shifted their attention elsewhere.

There was a small company that was on the verge of bankruptcy.

After pondering, he came to Jiang Cheng's side.

He hoped Jiang Cheng could help him.

"My company has an entertainer with decent ability, who has been diligent all these years; I wanted to ask you if you're interested in taking him on."

"Also, my company is currently on the brink of bankruptcy, but its resources are still fairly decent; if you're interested, why not look into it?"

The person sitting across from Jiang Cheng was a middle-aged man in his forties.

From the moment he appeared before Jiang Cheng, he kept from showing a bitter expression; it was clear he had suffered a huge blow due to his company's situation.

He thought his situation would gradually improve, but he never imagined the company's circumstances would become increasingly peculiar, even progressing step by step toward danger; recently, due to some incident, he was forced to pay a huge penalty.

He is now on the verge of bankruptcy!

He indeed has no extra funds to keep running this company.

Jiang Cheng also specifically looked into his company.

Overall, this company is quite good!

When Jiang Cheng reviewed the various materials, he nodded in satisfaction.

"From all aspects, your company is currently quite good and especially tempting."

"But if I'm not mistaken, it seems others want to acquire you; I'm puzzled why you didn't hand the company over to them, but instead turned around and came here to find me."

Jiang Cheng actually didn't know them before.

Or rather, he had no impression of them.

But the other party had booked nearly a month in advance to meet Jiang Cheng.

During that month, he never gave up.

He kept making the reservation firmly.

Thus, Jiang Cheng was also a bit curious: why does the other party persistently insist on him?

So Jiang Cheng met with him.

The middle-aged man before him did not conceal his thoughts.

"Because—while you are capable, the most important point is that you haven't been tainted by those things in the Entertainment Circle."

"You haven't compromised your conscience to make money; you've always kept your original intention, never engaging in those disgusting acts."

"That's why I'm so eager to come here to find you, then discuss cooperation—or rather, being acquired by you."

In fact, he doesn't really want to hand over his company; he never even considered letting it be taken over by others.

But the problem is——

Although he is unwilling in his heart, his family's situation is gradually becoming more complicated; what can he do if he doesn't want to?

His family's situation has now reached an extremely serious point.

If the problem isn't resolved quickly, then his situation will only worsen, and the resulting consequence is something he cannot bear at all.

Out of necessity, he had no choice but to come here and try to have a good talk with Jiang Cheng, hoping Jiang Cheng would agree with his idea.

Of course, if Jiang Cheng is unwilling to agree, that's fine; it's Jiang Cheng's matter.

He merely wanted to use this opportunity to strive for himself.

If everything goes smoothly, that's naturally best! But if——

If things can't go smoothly, then he has no recourse at all!

All we can say is, leave it to fate.

His answer still surprised Jiang Cheng; Jiang Cheng had originally thought he considered his abilities quite outstanding, and having become a dark horse in the industry, that's why he kept seeking him out.

In the end, what he had in mind was completely different from what Jiang Cheng thought.

They weren't that selfish and self-serving.

So——

Jiang Cheng paused slightly.

The other party's answer completely exceeded Jiang Cheng's expectations.

Jiang Cheng even felt a bit embarrassed.

"What you said is quite good; up to now, I have never thought of using such methods."

"Although the Entertainment Circle is gradually becoming more chaotic, I don't want to imitate those people, nor do I wish for the future Entertainment Circle to be a utter mess."

"I now think, I will do my utmost to make the Entertainment Circle better and better!"

Jiang Cheng was serious.

But the middle-aged man tightly gripped Jiang Cheng's hand.

"Could you trouble yourself to purchase my company?"

"If you're willing to buy, I can lower the price a bit more. However, regarding the few artists in my company, their abilities are quite good; although they've been lukewarm all these years, their acting is quite decent."

"Moreover, they've never caused trouble outside, nor have they ever had any scandals. If you agree, I will definitely keep them and renew their contracts for another five years, and I can reduce the price further."

"Oh?"

Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows: "You're clearly a businessman, with all those benefits laid out before you, yet you refuse them and instead are striving to fight for their rights?"

"I'm curious, why are you doing this?"

Jiang Cheng couldn't figure it out.

He clearly didn't need to do this, and the price he's offering is already quite affordable.

However—

Yet for the sake of those lukewarm artists in his company, he was able to make such a contribution.

Jiang Cheng felt somewhat surprised.

The puzzled Jiang Cheng wanted to get an answer from the person before him.

He explained: "The main reason is that these artists in my company have been with me for a long time." (End of chapter)